Jonathan P. Folland

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
145 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Jonathan P. Folland is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan P. Folland has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 84 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 24 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jonathan P. Folland's work include Sports Performance and Training (100 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (61 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (60 papers). Jonathan P. Folland is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (100 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (61 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (60 papers). Jonathan P. Folland collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Jonathan P. Folland's co-authors include Alun G. Williams, Neale A. Tillin, Matthew T.G. Pain, Matthew Buckthorpe, Ricci Hannah, Thomas G. Balshaw, Jacques Duchateau, Anthony J. Blazevich, Per Aagaard and Nicola A. Maffiuletti and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Physiology and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan P. Folland

138 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Adaptations to Strength Training

2007 944 citations Jonathan P. Folland, Alun G. Williams Sports Medicine profile →
Rate of force development: physiological and methodological considerations

2016 940 citations Jonathan P. Folland et al. European Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
You are as fast as your motor neurons: speed of recruitment and maximal discharge of motor neurons determine the maximal rate of force development in humans

2019 235 citations Alessandro Del Vecchio, Aleš Holobar et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan P. Folland United Kingdom	42	5.2k	3.4k	1.0k	814	805	145	7.4k
Sandra K. Hunter United States	51	3.7k 0.7×	4.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	599 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	177	8.4k
Michael R. McGuigan Australia	60	10.0k 1.9×	3.9k 1.2×	2.4k 2.3×	713 0.9×	821 1.0×	243	12.2k
Anthony J. Blazevich Australia	53	7.5k 1.5×	3.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	606 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	241	10.1k
David A. Jones United Kingdom	48	2.8k 0.5×	3.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	849 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	84	7.5k
Terry J. Housh United States	49	4.9k 0.9×	3.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	961 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	373	7.8k
Romuald Lepers France	49	5.8k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.9×	1.4k 1.7×	1.0k 1.3×	263	8.4k
Glen O. Johnson United States	45	3.9k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	751 0.9×	925 1.1×	295	6.0k
Liam P. Kilduff United Kingdom	49	4.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	895 1.1×	703 0.9×	202	7.2k
Hiroaki Kanehisa Japan	65	9.4k 1.8×	6.6k 2.0×	1.0k 1.0×	706 0.9×	2.0k 2.5×	351	13.6k
David A. Jones United Kingdom	45	3.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	996 1.0×	847 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	109	6.7k

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Zanini, Michele, Jonathan P. Folland, & Richard C. Blagrove. (2025). Regular Long Runs and Higher Training Volumes Are Associated with Better Running Economy Durability in Performance Matched Well-Trained Male Runners. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 58(1). 162–173.

Maeo, Sumiaki, et al.. (2025). Motor unit discharge properties of the vastii muscles and their modulation with contraction level depend on the knee-joint angle. Journal of Applied Physiology. 140(1). 322–337.

Marques, Elisa A., Thomas G. Balshaw, Mark P. Funnell, et al.. (2025). Muscle Growth Is Very Strongly Correlated with Strength Gains after Lower Body Resistance Training: New Insight from Within-Participant Associations. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 57(12). 2838–2845. 1 indexed citations

Allen, Sam J., et al.. (2024). How Humans Run Faster: The Neuromechanical Contributions of Functional Muscle Groups to Running at Different Speeds. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 34(8). e14690–e14690. 6 indexed citations

Balshaw, Thomas G., et al.. (2024). Muscle and tendon morphology of a world strongman and deadlift champion. Journal of Applied Physiology. 137(4). 789–799.

Dawson, Christian W., et al.. (2024). Contextualised physical metrics: The physical demands vary with phase of play during elite soccer match play. European Journal of Sport Science. 24(11). 1627–1638. 2 indexed citations

Škarabot, Jakob, et al.. (2024). Comparison of Blood Flow Restriction Interventions to Standard Rehabilitation After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Systematic Review. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 52(14). 3641–3650. 4 indexed citations

Dawson, Christian W., et al.. (2023). Evidence for a new model of the complex interrelationship of ball possession, physical intensity and performance in elite soccer. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 34(1). e14546–e14546. 2 indexed citations

Casolo, Francesco, Sumiaki Maeo, Thomas G. Balshaw, et al.. (2023). Non‐invasive estimation of muscle fibre size from high‐density electromyography. The Journal of Physiology. 601(10). 1831–1850. 14 indexed citations

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Škarabot, Jakob, Jonathan P. Folland, Aleš Holobar, Stuart N. Baker, & Alessandro Del Vecchio. (2022). Startling stimuli increase maximal motor unit discharge rate and rate of force development in humans. Journal of Neurophysiology. 128(3). 455–469. 24 indexed citations

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Balshaw, Thomas G., et al.. (2022). The effect of specific bioactive collagen peptides on function and muscle remodeling during human resistance training. Acta Physiologica. 237(2). e13903–e13903. 15 indexed citations

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Maeo, Sumiaki, Thomas G. Balshaw, Marcel B. Lanza, Ricci Hannah, & Jonathan P. Folland. (2021). Corticospinal excitability and motor representation after long‐term resistance training. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(10). 3416–3432. 7 indexed citations

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Škarabot, Jakob, Thomas G. Balshaw, Sumiaki Maeo, et al.. (2021). Neural adaptations to long-term resistance training: evidence for the confounding effect of muscle size on the interpretation of surface electromyography. Journal of Applied Physiology. 131(2). 702–715. 25 indexed citations

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Maden‐Wilkinson, Tom, Thomas G. Balshaw, Garry J. Massey, & Jonathan P. Folland. (2019). What makes long-term resistance-trained individuals so strong? A comparison of skeletal muscle morphology, architecture, and joint mechanics. Journal of Applied Physiology. 128(4). 1000–1011. 57 indexed citations

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Brooke‐Wavell, Katherine, Graham M. Treece, Sarah J. Allison, et al.. (2016). Brief high impact exercise increased cortical mass and trabecular density at regions predictive of femoral neck and trochanteric fracture [Abstract]. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Hannah, Ricci, Claire Minshull, Matthew Buckthorpe, & Jonathan P. Folland. (2012). Explosive neuromuscular performance of males versus females. Experimental Physiology. 97(5). 618–629. 76 indexed citations

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Neville, Vernon & Jonathan P. Folland. (2009). The Epidemiology and Aetiology of Injuries in Sailing. Sports Medicine. 39(2). 129–145. 31 indexed citations

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Neville, Vernon, et al.. (2009). America's Cup yacht racing: Race analysis and physical characteristics of the athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences. 27(9). 915–923. 10 indexed citations

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Folland, Jonathan P., et al.. (2007). Sodium phosphate loading improves laboratory cycling time-trial performance in trained cyclists. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 11(5). 464–468. 23 indexed citations

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Day, Stephen H., Craig A. Williams, Jonathan P. Folland, Peter Gohlke, & Alun G. Williams. (2004). The acute effects of exercise and glucose ingestion on circulating angiotensin-converting enzyme in humans. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 92(4-5). 579–83. 4 indexed citations

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